Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United Kingdom
‘Locomotives of the GWSR – Visitors and Residents’, by David Boot
VirtualThe content will be a montage of locomotives that have either been resident or visiting the GWSR since its inception in 1982 to the present day. There will also be surprise visitors other than locomotives that may please some of the viewers !? Please note - this is a Virtual Zoom Meeting - the registration…
FROM HERE TO THERE
SWL Radyr, Cardiff Old Church Rooms / Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys, Park Road, Radyr, Cardiff, United KingdomNOEL THOMPSON From Here to There. 92233 assisted by 4137 entering the Severn Tunnel on a westbound freight In Part 1 "here" is Radyr, "there" is Crewe. Part 2 takes us from Newport to Weymouth via London (including a whistle stop tour of various London termini), thence via the LSW route to Weymouth including a…
Annual General Meeting followed by More gems from the archive – Mick Brownhill
SFD Sheffield Rutland Arms 86 Brown Street, Sheffield, United KingdomAfter our AGM Mick treats us to another selection of ColourRail slides plus some from his own collection. Recommended Donations:-  RCTS Members £3, Guests £4
Archive and Library Open Day
RCTS Library Leatherhead Station Approach, Leatherhead, United KingdomScotland For Steam
SCT Edinburgh Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh, United KingdomA journey up the East Coast Route to Aberdeen, including the North East branches, ending at Elgin. The images are mostly steam with some early diesels.
A Medley Medley 3
WEN Exeter [Mint Methodist Church] Fore Street, Exeter, United KingdomFor our March meeting we welcome back John Medley with a selection of his 1980s slides. It promises to be an evening of nostalgia with blue and gray predominating, and long passed freight and passenger services stirring the memories, of a different world and a different way of life. It will be a great evenings…
Swindon Works-The Golden Years Part IV by Brian Arman
IPS Ipswich Greenfinch Church Hall, Greenfinch Avenue, Ipswich, United KingdomSociety President Brian Arman presents from F W Hawksworth to the end of steam at Swindon Works.
Visit to Doncaster
Doncaster Railway Station , United KingdomFive Decades of Derailments – Mike McLoughlin
EMD Nottingham The New Mechanics, 3 North Sherwood Street, Nottingham, United KingdomNote the change of date from that published in the programme leaflet
Cambridge Area Railways Yesterday and Today – Part 2
CBR Fulbourn, Cambridge The Swifts, Haggis Gap, Fulbourn, Cambridge, United KingdomWe are delighted to welcome back railway historian and photographer David Scudamore on March 14th to give us Part 2 of his hugely popular "Cambridge Area Railways Yesterday and Today" talk.
Around the World with 155 Hunslet 4-6-0Ts
CSL Croydon East Croydon United Reformed Church, Addiscombe Grove, Croydon, United KingdomDuring the First World War the Hunslet Engine Company built 155 narrow gauge 4-6-0T locomotives for the War Department Light Railways, for use on the Western Front. After the war, they were disposed of as war surplus, to diverse locations around the world - from the Scottish Highlands to the Argentine Pampas, from Harrogate gasworks…